Rock Paintings of Mandela Mountains (simplified Chinese: 曼德拉山岩画; traditional Chinese: 曼德拉山岩畫; pinyin: Màndélāshān Yánhuà), also known as Mandela Mountains' Rock Paintings[4] or Rock Paintings Group of Mandela Mountains (曼德拉山岩画群),[5] are images carved into the Mandela Mountains (曼德拉山),[6] covering an area of 18 square kilometers,[7] with over 6,000 paintings.[8]
| Location | Mandela Mountains, Inner Mongolia[1] |
|---|---|
| History | |
| Periods | Neolithic to Qing dynasty[2] |
| Site notes | |
| Discovered | March 1986[3] |
Rock Paintings of Mandela Mountains, reputed to be the "living fossil of the art world" (美术世界活化石),[9] spans from the Neolithic to Qing dynasty and cover hunting, grazing, sun, moon and stars.[10]
Discovery
editIn March 1986, the Rock Paintings Group of Mandela Mountains was discovered for the first time in the entire banner cultural relics survey by the Alxa Right Banner Cultural Relics Management Institute (阿拉善右旗文物管理所).[11]
Creation periods
editThe creation period of Mandela Mountains' Rock Paintings can be divided into five periods, namely, the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Northern dynasty to Tang dynasty, Western Xia, and Yuan dynasty, Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty.[12]
Conservations
editRock Paintings of Mandela Mountains was included in the list of cultural relics protection of Alashan League in 1987 and was listed as a provincial cultural relics protection unit in Inner Mongolia in 1996.[13] In 2013, it was included in the seventh batch of the list of Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in China.[14]
References
edit- ^ "Bu Xiaolin inspected in Alashan Right Banner". Xinhua News Agency. 2020-10-07.[dead link]
- ^ "More than 1,000 rocks destroyed, Rock Paintings Group of Mandela Mountains in Inner Mongolia needs urgent protection". Xinhua News Agency. 2002-03-25.
- ^ "Scenic Spots". Alxa Right Banner People's Government Network. 2015-07-27.
- ^ "Mandela Mountains' Rock Paintings". People's Daily. June 21, 2012.
- ^ "Guardians of the Rock Paintings of Mandela Mountains". Xinhua News Agency. 28 Oct 2018. Archived from the original on November 4, 2018.
- ^ Regional Economic Development Information Series: Alashan League. China Planning Press. 1990. pp. 173-.
- ^ Ma Xibatu; Alashan Right Banner Local History Compilation Committee (2000). History of Alashan Right Banner. Inner Mongolia Education Press. pp. 537-.
- ^ "A hundred years of wind and clouds in Inner Mongolia". Xinhua News Agency. 2020-10-07. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
- ^ "Mandela Mountains: a secret place woven with petroglyphs and strange rocks". Xinhua News Agency. 2018-11-04.
- ^ "Into the Badain Jaran Desert". Xinhua News Agency. 2018-11-08.
- ^ Rock Painting Collections of Mandela Mountains. Gansu People's Publishing House. 2005. pp. 100-. ISBN 978-7-226-03097-4.
- ^ "Showing the "civilization left in the desert"". Sohu. 2013-08-26.
- ^ "How can a thousand-year-old rock painting resist the graffiti of today's people?". Xinhuanet.com. 21 Jan 2021.
- ^ "Thousands of years of rock art cannot be damaged Protection of cultural relics is a matter of urgency". Xinhua News Agency. 12 Jan 2021.
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